Paul Cayard reports from the Vintage Gold Cup 2019
by Paul Cayard 6 Oct 2019 23:36 BST
3-5 October 2019
Vintage Gold Cup 2019 © Paul Cayard
The third annual 2019 Vintage Gold Cup is complete and we have a new winner; Eivind Melleby from Norway with Josh Revkin (USA) crewing. Melleby won the "who-beats-who" final 8th race to take the win over Lars Grael of Brazil with Arnie Baltins crewing.
26 teams from 7 nations established a new record For competitors in this event for 50+ year old wooden Stars. Interest in the Vintage Gold Cup continues to grow and may only be limited by the logistics of the venue some day. The craftsmen who restore and maintain these boats are as much a part of this event as the beautiful boats they put at the hands of the competitors.
Danny and I finished 5th which is certainly respectable but I did not sail as well as I had in last years. We were racing a beautiful 1953 Etchells built Star named Scimitar. Our GEM which is getting a new cedar deck put on her. She will be back in action next year!
A big thanks to Don Parfet and Jon VanderMolen for their vision and all their hard work to make the Vintage Gold Cup such a fun event. 26 wooden Stars, all restored to an amazing beauty, is a sight to behold. Their were even 4 that were completely original with bronze hardware and wooden spars.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Bow No | Sail No | Boat Name | Skipper / Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R | R8 | Pts |
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| 1 | 17 | NOR 5177 | Dilly Dilly | Eivind Melleby / Joshua Revkin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 5 | BRA 5805 | Star of the Sea | Lars Grael / Arnis Baltins | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | 8 | USA 4985 | Magic | Arthur Anosov / Dave Caesar | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | 11 | USA 4648 | Flapper | Tomas Hornos / Jon Klerk | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | 1 | USA 4789 | Scimitar | Paul Cayard / Danny Cayard | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | 20 | USA 4736 | Mya | Larry Whipple / Austin Sperry | 7 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | DNF | 58 |
| 7 | 4 | USA 4504 | Quantum | Mark Reynolds / Hal Haenel | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 60 |
| 8 | 12 | USA 4583 | Pink Lady | Luke Lawrence / Bryan Milne | DNF | 3 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 61 |
| 9 | 6 | USA 4876 | Chips | Bobby Lippincott / Chad Easley | 11 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 63 |
| 10 | 9 | BAH 5093 | Pearl II | Myles Pritchard / TC Belco | 13 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 70 |
| 11 | 7 | USA 4837 | Whim | Gregory Smith DDS / Kelly Belco | 9 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 70 |
| 12 | 14 | USA 4125 | Hope | Mike Hecky / Michael Brundage | 10 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 73 |
| 13 | 21 | USA 4621 | Zig Zag | John MacCausland / Rick Burgess | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 85 |
| 14 | 26 | USA 4748 | Fantastic | Andy Ivey / Roger Cheer | 16 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 15 | DNS | 90 |
| 15 | 18 | Usa 4187 | Cautious | Joe Londrigan / John Wysockey | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | DNF | DNS | DNS | 93 |
| 16 | 24 | SWE 4724 | Mari | Leif Carlsson / Thomas Gross | 17 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 93 |
| 17 | 2 | USA 4554 | Shirttail Too | Jon VanderMolen / Mac Waldorf | 15 | 16 | 16 | 9 | OCS | 10 | 16 | 12 | 94 |
| 18 | 29 | USA 4650 | Baboon | Jack Rickard / Gil Cole | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 101 |
| 19 | 10 | USA 1010 | Mahero | Don Parfet / Craig Lockerbie | DNF | 22 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 137 |
| 20 | 19 | USA 4663 | Bottoms Up | Terry Gibney / Bill Hawk | DNF | 18 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 | DNS | DNS | 139 |
| 21 | 25 | USA 5225 | Djinn | John Chiarella / Don Eberly | 21 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | DNS | 150 |
| 22 | 3 | USA 3779 | Sashay | Elliott Oldak / Andy Noel | 20 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 21 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 154 |
| 23 | 23 | ARG 5235 | Esrline | Luis Bustelo / Ariel Simonet | 19 | 23 | 23 | RET | DNS | DNS | DNS | 14 | 160 |
| 24 | 50 | USA 5050 | Toss‑Up | Malin Burnham / John Burnham | 18 | 20 | OCS | 21 | 20 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 160 |
| 25 | 0 | usa 4100 | Conflict | Tom Price / Saidee Price | DNF | 26 | 24 | 22 | 23 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 176 |
| 26 | 22 | USA 3855 | Siren | Jim Revkin / David Bolles | DNF | 25 | 25 | RET | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 185 |
For more information and complete scores visit www.vintagegoldcup.com.